silent
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The 40-year-old Ghanaian walked a few steps to the corner of the silent court room, crouched and covered his face.
From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026
Holmes has been silent on abortion and didn’t respond to ProPublica’s requests for an interview.
From Salon • Jun. 8, 2026
The orchestra plays Mozart’s score as though it were, as orchestras did in the old days, accompanying a silent movie but to radically different effect.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2026
“The silent majority is becoming vocal,” said Jack Conte, 67 years old, the lawsuit’s organizer.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026
The other shops up and down the narrow street were shuttered and silent: the optician’s next door, the dress shop, the baker’s, Weil’s Furriers across the street.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
Vocabulary lists containing silent
Florida's B.E.S.T. Common Suffixes: -ant, -ent
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Spelling Practice 2, Unit 8
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"First They Came for the Communists"
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